| Edition |
Rev. and expanded ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 736 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
The Oxford history of the United States
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| Note |
Previous ed. published as v. 2 in series: The Oxford history of the United States. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: The sustaining truths. -- The obstructed giant. -- The children of the twice-born. -- Beginnings: from the top down. -- The Stamp Act crisis. -- Response. -- Selden's penny. -- Chance and Charles Townshend. -- Boston takes the lead. -- The "bastards of England". -- Drift. -- Resolution. -- War. -- "Half a war". -- Independence. -- The war of posts. -- The war of maneuver. -- The Revolution becomes a European War. -- The war in the South. -- The "fugitive war". -- Inside the campaigns. -- Outside the campaigns. -- Yorktown and Paris. -- The Constitutional movement. -- The children of the twice-born in the 1780s. -- The Constitutional Convention. -- Ratification: an end and a beginning. -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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United States -- History -- Confederation, 1783-1789.
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| ISBN |
0195162471 |
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9780195162479 |
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9780195315882 (pbk.) |
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019531588X (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 273855581 |
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YDXCP 2123803 |
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NZ1 9070954 |
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AU@ 000025993024 |
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IG# 9780195162479 |
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